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April 2008
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Being Queen involves many privileges, not the least of which is getting to celebrate your birthday twice every year. The Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes is a smaller occasion than Trooping the Colour,...
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April 2009
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Being Queen involves many privileges, not the least of which is getting to celebrate your birthday twice every year. The Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes have the advantage of taking place on her actua...
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April 2010
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Being Queen involves many privileges, not least of which is getting to celebrate your birthday twice every year. The Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes have the advantage of taking place on her actual bi...
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Very Official English Events
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Just two days before we celebrate St George's Day, another very English tradition takes place. The Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes take place on her actual birthday - 21st April. I...
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The Gun
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| 27 Coldharbour, Docklands |
This 250-year-old pub was a sailors favourite, home to smugglers and site of secret trysts between Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Closed down by fire three years ago, it has been bought and refurbis...
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A Grelha at The Gun
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| 27 Coldharbour, Docklands |
Flanked by the Thames, the dome of The O2 and Canary Wharf, the Martin Brothers have turned The Gun in Docklands into one of the citys finest gastropubs. The huge outdoor terrace offers a great view o...
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London Leisure
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Take time out to enjoy the delights of the capital from a relaxed perspective. Spend an afternoon exploring the peaceful beauty of London's parks, visit some of the city's wide-ranging sports faciliti...
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The Salt House
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| 63 Abbey Road |
The Salt House is an established gastropub in the heart of Beatles territory. Good solid cuisine, a pleasant atmosphere, a wide selection of wines and reasonable prices make this a good option for eat...
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Gina Conway Aveda Salon
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| 612 Fulham Road |
This excellent hair and beauty clinic on the Fulham Road offers the full range of beauty treatments. Gina Conway is an American born hair and beauty specialist who has always worked at the highest lev...
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Comptoir Gascon
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| 63 Charterhouse Street |
Comptoir Gascon operated as a deli with a few tables until they switched things around in October 2005, reducing the deli counter and installing enough seating for around 50 covers. Since then it has...
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Gagosian Gallery Britannia Street
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| 6-24 Britannia Street |
The Gagosian is a cavernous space for exhibitions of the highest calibre. It is a major asset for the regeneration of the Kings Cross area. Larry Gagosian, nicknamed Go-Go for his go-getting business...
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Slade School of Fine Art
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| UCL University, Gower Street |
Among the best regarded art schools in the world. The Slade is a fairly traditional school with an insistence on certain techniques within each undergraduate course, but it is also one of the most int...
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Salt Yard
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| 54 Goodge Street |
Drawing heavily on the flavours of Spain and Italy, Salt Yard is a tapas bar that likes to mix up its influences. While upstairs is a charcuterie bar for lighter bites, downstairs is the more formal r...
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Club Gascon
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| 57 West Smithfield |
If Jamie Oliver thinks that turkey twizzlers and chips are the most unhealthy food in Britain, then he obviously hasnt been to this extraordinary Michelin-starred restaurant in a former Lyons tea hous...
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Gagosian Gallery Davies Street
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| 17-19 Davies Street |
The Gagosian Gallery in Mayfair is a tiny space, what estate agents would optimistically call bijou. But size isnt everything and Larry Gagosians influence should not be underestimated. He may have st...
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Gina Conway Aveda Lifestyle Salon
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| 62 Westbourne Grove Road |
This excellent hair and beauty clinic on the Westbourne Grove Road offers the full range of cutting, styling and beauty treatments. Gina Conway is an American born hair and beauty specialist who has a...
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Gina Conway Aveda Lifestyle Salon Wimbledon
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| 22-23 Wimbledon Hill Road |
This excellent hair and beauty clinic on Wimbledon Hill Road offers the full range of hair and beauty treatments as well as yoga classes. Gina Conway is an American born hair and beauty specialist who...
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The Kids Cookery School
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| 107 Gunnersbury Lane |
The Kids Cookery School in West London is a unique venue offering cookery classes and workshops for children aged three upwards. Children can have fun creating their own culinary masterpiece in a purp...
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Gunnersbury Park Museum
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| Gunnersbury Park, Popes Lane |
A splendid 19th century, neoclassical mansion, once home of the Rothschild family. The museum has a changing exhibition programme featuring carriages, toys, domestic life, costume and local history di...
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New Year's Day Dining
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This historic pub is the place where Nelson is said to have taken his lover Lady Hamilton. Take a stroll on the veranda and marvel at the still beauty of the Thames before tucking into a traditional...
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Mother's Day Restaurants
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Treat mum to lunch or dinner at The Gun on Mother's Day and she'll get a present too in the form of homemade chocolates to take home. This delightful Thames-side Victorian gastro pub...
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London's Al Fresco Food Spots
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Flanked by the Thames, The O2 and Canary Wharf, the Martin Brothers have turned The Gun in Docklands into one of the city's finest gastropubs. The huge outdoor terrace offers a great view of t...
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Gunnersbury Park
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| Popes Lane |
From formal gardens and green open spaces to lakes and historic buildings, Gunnersbury Park is full of idyllic spots to enjoy nature. Visitors can wander through the tree-lined paths, pop into the mus...
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Shogun
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| Millennium Mayfair Hotel, Adams Row |
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